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THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE HAS GONE: Nor Can the German Situation Change Without Our Knowledge (The Strategy of ..

... The Element of Surprise Has Gone T^or Can the German Situation Change Without Our Knowledge (The Strategy of the War IX) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. ALTHOUGH little of importance has happened in the field of operations by sea, land or air since I wrote last week, I do think that the situation as a whole is becoming more clear. Every day seems to bring us ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1978 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

THE LITHUANIAN ARMY ENTERS VILNA: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29

... THE LITHUANIAN ARMY ENTERS VILNA OCTOBER 29 Jt was generally understood that, under the recent arrangement between the U.S. S. R. and Lithuania, the district and city of Vilna, the historic capital of Lithuania, was to be handed over to that country as part of the bargain. The ceding of this territory by Russia was a particularly interesting event, for it wa* a dramatic reversal of the recent ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 417 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE VARIED TANKS WHICH THE BRITISH ARMY HAS EVOLVED; Special Types For Special Needs

... THE VARIED TANKS WHICH THE BRITISH ARMY HAS EVOLVED: Special Types For Special Needs 111 l'i III 11 111 IH ll'llll I |IJ Hi1' I 1 1 Hi Ill III I ill ll I III IMMf IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ACTUAL WARFARE, THE ARMY DESIGNERS HAVE PRO DUCED NOT ONE TYPE OF TANK, BUT MANY Here, in these composite groupings, th forms of British tanks. Some are singk bigger complement; all have the cat? on ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 423 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOLLAND PREPARES: Youths Train, New Torpedo Boats are Launched, Civil Air Defence Intensifies, and Trenches are Dug

... HOLLAND PREPARES Youths Train, New Torpedo Boats are Launched, Civil Air Defence Intensifies, and Trenches are Dug TWO TORPEDO BOATS ARE LAUNCHED AT ROTTERDAM FOR THE DUTCH NAVY While seeking not to appear in any way militant, the Dutch authorities have been taking precautions against eventualities. Here two additions to the Navy are taking the water; one des troyer has done so, and the vessel ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DRY GIN

... 0RY GI3> A 0RY GIT* Rv A a THE ONLY GIN. THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE C.F.H. Mm ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 23 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 22 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 24 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 22 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 34 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Photographs 

THE FAIR ONE UNMASKED

... from the painting by Henry Robert Morland The beautiful wife of David Garrick, the famous actor, is believed to have sat for this portrait. She was a Viennese dancer Eva Maria Violette Veigel who made a great sensation when she appeared in London, King George III attending her D first performance. The painting was formerly in. the collection of Mr. Thomas St. John Grant, of Kilmurry House, Kil ...

Published: Wednesday 22 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 95 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PAYSANDU

... DISTINGUISHED I the Tongue Par- Excellence! 'v MxCALL'S OX-TONGUES HAVE ENJOYED A DISTINGUISHED PLACE ON THE TABLES OF EPICURES AND BONVIVANTS THROUGHOUT FIVE REIGNS From early Victorian days, Paysandu Ox-Tongue has been praised and appreciated for its exquisite tastiness and tenderness, just as it still is to-day. There never was, there never will be, a tongue more appetising and delicious ...

Published: Wednesday 22 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 122 | Page: Page 57 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

Drambuie

... ^1 Irani linii- ilmiiihnii* 0,1 Nil PR\N^ No gift couid be more acceptable than a bottle of , made from the original recipe of Bonnie Prince Charlie and renowned since 1745 for its delicate flavour fy\B H and exquisite bouquet. The Liqueur Co. Ltd.. Edinburgh. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 46 | Page: Page 58 | Tags: Photographs 

GUN TURRETS of BRITISH TANKS: Scenes with the Light Armoured Brigade

... GUN TURRETS of BRITISH TANKS Scenes with the Light Armoured Brigade 'Though the tanks illustrated in this section retain the original caterpillar method of propulsion, they are not enclosed entirely within the travelling band, as was the case with the mother tank, the construction of which Mr. Balfour sanctioned when the scheme was almost dying in 1915. It vindicated itself in Hatfield Park ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 320 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE GERMAN RAIDERS: And the British and French Vessels Which Are Hunting Them

... THE GERMAN RAIDERS And the British and French Vessels Which Are Hunting Them THE escape of two units of the Deutschland class through the British blockade line, and their operations in distant seas, have naturally drawn attention to these vessels which have probably been discussed more than any other fighting ships afloat at the present time, yet so many entirely false ideas of their prowess ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1306 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Photographs